1[Diary entry: 21 December 1769] (Washington Papers)
21. Dined at Mrs. Campbells & came up to Eltham after the House adjournd. Governor Botetourt was reluctant to let the burgesses go home at this time, despite the fact that they had sat six days a week for over six weeks. Apparently many matters remained to be considered. “The Inclination of this Assembly,” he told them today, “could alone have engaged me to have interrupted the Business of...
2[Diary entry: 21 December 1769] (Washington Papers)
21. Very pleasant, being clear & wind Southwardly.
3To George Washington from James Horrocks, 21 December 1769 (Washington Papers)
I am much oblig’d to you for the clear Account you have been pleas’d to send me to Day concerning the Lands to be survey’d. I dare say you will agree with me in Opinion that it is for the Honor of the College as well as the Interest of the Officers & Soldiers, that (to use the Words of the Council) “a Person properly qualify’d to survey those Lands be appointed by us[”] —I have no Doubt of Mr...